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Day 23

*first….I’m having trouble with my blog, I’ve written WordPress but don’t know what’s going on yet. I cannot post any images or tags. Sorry*

Last night I started on Diamox, per doctor Gray’s instructions. Still talking a little Topamax, I have to wean off of it.

I admit I still wasn’t feeling great in the evening, well I haven’t felt “great” for a long time, but I wasn’t feeling good. We decided to watch some things on Netflix because I was afraid to go to sleep. First we watched Donkey X, a silly animated movie about Don Quiote and Sancho as told by Sancho’s Donkey….OK…that’s the very short synopsis, but really that’s not why you are reading this post is it? Then we watched a number of old Dr. Who’s – the old one’s with Baker…if you are a geek/nerd type then you know Baker is the Doctor who had the very long scarf and the curly hair. (perhaps the most famous Doctor of all – unless you are under 20, then it would be David Tennet) – again, not why you are reading this post huh?

Finally, I decided to try to sleep. I have found I feel a bit better if I’m not lying flat. So I propped myself up a bit and I do believe I was asleep before my eyes were shut! I woke up about 4 1/2 hours later with a headache in about the 4 range. A 4! OK, for those of you who don’t realize what I’ve been going through (here is where I really wish I could post photos), I have been in the 7-9 range for days. Occasionally hitting a 6, and if I hit a 5 I was pretty doped up! I was so happy. I thought, “Yes, this is going to work!” Then I thought, “Well, this means I definitely have high pressure.” You see, if I didn’t have high CSF (cerebrospinal fluid pressure) this drug would have made me feel much worse, so I took a great risk taking it, but I was willing to try ANYTHING!

I decided, to try a little experiment and lower my head a bit, I woke up at about 9:30am, and my headache had climbed to about a 6, I should have taken a pain pill, but didn’t want to do that on an empty stomach. Unfortunately, I didn’t trust myself to go downstairs to get anything, and Stuart was too exhausted to get up yet. So I went back to sleep. When we woke again, my head was back to an 8. Stuart made me some breakfast. I ate, took my morning medications. Including the Diamox and the little bit of Topamax. Shortly afterward the world started to spin. Luckily, if I stayed very still on my right side it was almost still. So I dozed. But if I tried to move it went crazy again! (and oh how I had to go to the bathroom! Isn’t that always the way?) This last over 2 hours.

My headache has been around 7 -8 most of the day unless I took a Maxalt or Hydrocodone, then it would ease to a 4 or 5. But I feel much more dopey when I take those than I used to. I wonder if they Diamox makes them more potent, or if it’s just because I’m sleep deprived. Unfortunately, often when I try to sleep I start to spin. That just happened a little while ago. I gave up and decided to update all of you.

All and all, I take last night as a good sign. Perhaps we can get this medication worked out and I can at least get things under control enough so I can get out of bed! It’s horrible. I have 2 people living in my house and I haven’t seen them in days. I’m still lonely. It’s sad really. But it’s hard. People don’t want to intrude when I’m like this. I admit I don’t like for people to see me when I’m having a vertigo attack, or in horrible pain…but I am lonely. Thankfully, I do have Stuart, and he tries so hard to keep me entertained. : )

I’m not crazy about being on Diamox. The side effects aren’t fun. Well, two in particular. One is this tingling sensation. Kind of like when your hand or foot starts to go to sleep, but not quite..and it’s just an icky feeling. The other is brain fog. Often very intense brain fog. So we’ll have to see if I can deal with that.

I will say, either the Topamax or the Diamox (these two drugs are in the same class) is already reducing my appetite. Thank goodness, I needed that! I weighed in at the doctor’s on Wednesday at 200.9 lbs. I NEVER thought I’d ever see 200lbs. I’m only 5′ 4 1/2″. I do realize it was the day before I started my period, and I was fully clothed in jeans and tennis shoes, but that should only take away about 5lbs. I was happy today to feel like my appetite was much more back to normal. Ever since I started having trouble with this fructose intolerance I’ve been so hungry. Having cravings I just couldn’t satisfy. Top that off with not being able to exercise. I gained about 55 lbs. Now it’s time to take that off!

Anyone out there want a weight loss buddy? As soon as I can do any exercise at all I will be easing into something slowly. Stuart surprised me, he’s looking into getting a therapeutic pool. I don’t think we can afford it. But it sure would be nice. First things first, I need to get this vertigo under control first. Can’t be getting in water when I can’t see straight. : )

OK, as you can tell, I am sleep deprived and just rambling.

with no photos…my posts are a bit boring huh?

I leave you with this…..

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